The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-22
THE NEW SOUTH.
Address OF II. w. Grady Before the
New England Society
AZ tho Forefathcrs' Dinner in New York
Eloquent Tributes to Abraham Lin
coln, tho Confederate Soldiers,
and tho Restored Union

Coin, tho COnfcdernte SOIdiers,
and the Restored Union
Following are the salient passages In the
speech Of Mr.. Henry w. Grady, OF Atlanta,
Ca, delivered Mt the dinner of the New En-
gland Society, given on Forefathcr's Day at
Delmonico's, in New York City
D,Ihere @ was South OF Of secession and slavery
aud freedom-that South is living, breathing,
growing every hour" These words delivered
from the lips OF benjamin II. Hill, in Tammnny
Hall, in lsd6, make my text for tonight.
Pardon inc ono word, Mr.. President. spoken
for the purpose OF getting into the volumes that
of your speakers-thc fact that the cavalier as
well as the Puritan was on this continent in its
early days and lie was up and able to be
about" have read your books carefully, and
find no mention of that fact, which seems to
mo important for preserving u sort of historical
with tho cavalier once established as u fact in
your charming little books, shall let him work
out his own salvation, Us he has always done
cont controveTsy as to his merits Why WI % should " wes
Neither Puritan nor cavalier long survived as
such. The virtues and traditions of both hap
PLY still live for the inspiration OF their sons and
the saving OF the old fashion Both Puritan and
cavalier were lost in the storm of their first rev.
olution, and the American citizen, supplanting
both and stronger than either, took possession
OF the Republic bought by their common blood
and fashioned in wisdom and charged himself
with teaching them free government and cstab..
fishing tho voice OF the people Us tho voice OF
God. Great types, like valuable plants, are
slow to flower ana fruit. But from the union Of
purposes and the crossing Of their blood, slow
porfccting through century, came he who
stands rs the first typical American, the first
strength and gentleness, all the majesty and
grace OF this Republic-Abraham Lincoln. He
was the sum OF Puritan and cavalier for In his
ardent nature were fused the virtues of both,
md In the depth Of his great soul the faults OF
both were lost. He was greater thnn Puritan,
greater than cavalier, in that he was American,
and that in his homely form were first gathered
the vast and thrilling forces Of this ideal gov,
ernR has thonSh
aimed, came rs q fitting crown to a life conse-
Grated from Its cradle to human liberty. Let
us, each cherishing his traditions and honoring
his fathers, build with reverent hands to the
type OF this simple but sublime life, in which all
types are honored and in the common glory
which we shall win rs Americans, there will be
plenty and to spare for your forefathers and for
mine.
In speaking to the toast which you have hon.
ored me accept the term, 'The New South" Us
In no sense disparaging to the old. Dear to me,
Sir, are the home OF my childhood and the tradi-
tions OF my people, There is new South, not
through protest against the old, but because OF
new conditions, new adjustments, and, II you
please, new ideas and aspirations. 1t is to this
y yas tSe to
buttoning up in his faded gray jacket the parole
which was taken, testimony to his children Of
his fidelity and faith, turned his face southward
from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think OF him
as ragged, half-starved, heavy-henrted, enfee-
bied by want and wounds, having fought to cx-
on his @ an s wfhgs hs
stained and pallid face for the last time to the
graves that dot the old Virginia hills, pulls his
painful journey. What does he find-let me ask
you, who went to your homes eager to find all
the welcome you had Justly earned, full pay
for U0l four Hoo hat 1Cn
ho find when he reaches the home he left four
years before? Ho finds his house In ruins, his
farm farm devastated, @ his slaves freed his stock
money worthless, his social system, feudal in its
magnitcencc swept away, his people without
burdens OF others heavy on his shoulders.
Crushed by defeat, his very traditions gone,
without money. credit, employment, material,
or training-and, besides all this, confronted
with the gravest problem that ever met human
intelligencc-the establishment Of a status for
the vast body. Of his liberated slaves.
What does lie dO-this hero in gray. with a
heart of gold-does he sit down in sullenness
and dcspairs Not for day Surely God, who
hns scourged him in his prosperity, inspired him
In his adversely! AS ruin was never before so
overwhelming, never was restoration swifter.
Tho soldier stepped from the trenches into the
furrow; horses that had charged Federal guns
marched before the plow, and fields that ran red
with human blood In April were green with the
harvest in June; women reared in luxury cut up
their dresses and made brooches for their hus.
woman always Us garment, gave their hands
to work: There was u little bitterness in all
bill Arp" struck the keynote when he said
swell, killed as many Of them us they did OF
me, and now am going to- work." or the sol
dier, returning home after defeat and roasting
some corn on the roadside, who made the re.
mark to his comrades: "You may leave the
South II you want to, but am going to Sander
Yankees fool with me any more will whip 'em
again." want to say to General Sherman, who
is considered an able man in our parts, though
some people think he is o kind of careless man
about fire-that from the ashes left us In 1864 we
have ruised brave and beautiful city that,
somenSw % % or otner he we nave oauEht the sunshine
bulded therein not one single ignoble prejudice
or memory.
found out that in the general summing up the
free negro counts more than he did us u slave.
We have planted the school-h0use the hill
top, and made 1t free to white md black. We
have sowed towns and cities in the place OF
theories, and put business above politics. We
have challenged your spinners in Massachusetts
have learned that the "a, ,OOO 900 600 annually re
ceived from our cotton crop will make us rich
when the supplies that make 1t are home
raised. We have reduced the commercial rate
OF interest from twentyiOur to six per cent, ant
are floating four per cent. bonds. We have
learned that one Northern immigrant is worth
: fifty foreigners, and have smoOthed the path tc
: the southward, wiped out the place where
Mason and Dixon's line used to be. and hung
our latcH-StrluS Out 10 you ana yours. VIC nave
reached the point that marks perfect harmony
in every household, when the husband confessei
that the pies which his own wife cooks are o.
gOod Us those his mother used to bake; ant
we admit that the sun shines as brightly and
the moon rs softly as it did 'before ths
war" We have established thrift in city ant
country. We have fallen in love with work. We
have restored comfort to homes from which
culture and elegance never departed. We have
let economy take root and spread among us AZ
rank us the crob-grass which sprang from Sher
mans cavalry camps, until we are ready to In,
odds on the Georgia Yankee as he squeezes
pure olive oil out OF his cotton seed, against an,
down-Eastcr that ever swapped wooden nut
megs for flannel snusages in the valleys of Yer
mont. Above all, we know that we have achieved
in these piping times OF peace" fuller indie
fathers sought to win In the forum by their elo
quence or compel on the fields by their swords
II is rare privilege, sir, to have had part
however humble, In this work. Never WA
nobler duty connded to human hands than tn,
up-buildlng Of the PROSTATE und bleeding Soutl
misguided, perhaps, hut beautiful in her suffer
ing, nnd honest, brave and generous always Ir
the record OF her social, industrial and politca
restoration We await with confidence the verdic
of the world.
hut what OF the negroi Have We solved tn,
problem he presents, or progressed in homo
speak on this point. No section shows NOR
prosperous population than the negroes of th
South, none in fuller sympathy with the EN-
school fund, has the fullest protection Of ou
laws and the friendship OF our people. Self
interest rs wcll rs honor demand that he shoul,
have this. Our future, our very existence dc
and exact justice. We understand that whe
Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation
your victory was assured, for he then com
mitted you to the cause OF human liberty
against which the arms OF men can not prevail
while those Of our statesmen who made SLAYER
tho cornerstone OF the Confederacy doomed II